Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PHLEBOTOMISE
bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
(verb) draw blood; “In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
phlebotomise (third-person singular simple present phlebotomises, present participle phlebotomising, simple past and past participle phlebotomised)
Alternative form of phlebotomize
Anagrams
• phlebotomies
Source: Wiktionary
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